Chapter 645 Don’t Regret
The Cai family is a large donkey breeder in Zhuozhou, and their donkeys are raised very well.
Moreover, because the contract with Ding Jun was signed early, the Cai family's more than 100,000 donkeys could be slaughtered a month earlier than most families in Zhuozhou.
After Ding Jun set off, Guo Chong, Dong Jichuan, Xue Xu and others started discussing as if they were afraid that the world would not be in chaos.
Dong Jichuan asked with a smile, "Do you think the Cai family and others will abide by the agreement?"
Guo Chong shook his head and said, "It's hard to say." After all, money is very tempting.
Xue Xu curled his lips and said, "Need I say that? There must be people who are unwilling to abide by the agreement." For these donkey farmers, this is a rare opportunity. It is hard to say whether there will be another one in the future. How can they be willing to share the profits in their hands?
"Governor, what do you think? Do you want them to abide by the agreement or not?" Dong Jichuan asked Lu Songli.
"If everyone abides by the agreement and the Cai family and others honestly fulfill the contract, we won't lose anything."
When they had previously laid out the complex plan of buying the deer to control the Chu with the bullwhip effect and long-term counter-trading, they had envisioned ways to deal with three situations.
If this market were normal, given the current donkey price, Ding Jun would have immediately executed the purchase contract with the Cai family in Zhuozhou and others, canceled the sales contracts with the Anhe Pharmacy in Qingzhou and others, and then cashed out.
Sometimes a plan is just a plan. When the plan is being implemented, it needs to be adjusted at any time according to the actual situation.
The current situation is that if the Cai family fulfills the contract, Ding Jun will make a profit. However, because the price was inflated by Pingzhou, the two added together can only be said to be a break-even or small loss.
Then, the game is not over yet.
They would take over the donkeys ordered from the Cai family and others to spread the cost, and then find a reason to pass this hot potato to Dali, thereby putting pressure on Dali. They in Pingzhou began to sell off the donkeys at a high price to make a profit.
"What if the Cai family doesn't abide by the agreement?" Dong Jichuan asked again.
"Don't comply? They do it on the first day, so don't blame us for it on the fifteenth." Lu Songli smiled meaningfully. If the Cai family and others don't abide by the agreement, they will of course crash the market. The reasons are ready, and they can just put the blame on the Zhao family, the Cai family and others.
Zhuozhou
Ding Jun came to Cai's house with the contract.
Ding Jun discovered that the people who entertained him were Cai Qin and a strange man. Since Cai Guang was not there, he had a rough idea of what was going on.
Cai Qin said after meeting him, "Manager Ding, my father has been ill recently and has gone to his villa to recuperate. I'm really sorry that I couldn't personally entertain you, but if you have anything to say, just tell me directly."
Since he mentioned his father's illness, Ding Jun couldn't help but ask, "What a coincidence! Is your father okay?"
"Nothing, it's just an old ailment. I'll be fine after some rest. My father has entrusted me with the Cai family's affairs. I wonder what's the important matter that Shopkeeper Ding wants to talk to you about?"
"It's nothing big. According to our previous agreement, you can almost deliver the goods, right?" Ding Jun asked with a smile.
"Delivery is fine, but should the price be raised a bit?" Cai Qin said with a troubled look on his face. "Manager Ding, you know the current market price of donkeys."
"According to our previous agreement, written in black and white, ten taels of silver per head. You also acknowledged and signed this agreement. The market price at the time was eight taels per head, right? I offered ten taels per head. This price was higher than the market price, so why didn't you tell me at the time? So, it's okay if you can't get a better deal, but it's not okay if you can't?"
"Manager Ding, calm down. You don't know that last year, our Cai Family Farm welcomed a new partner, Manager Zhao Song." Cai Qin pointed to the side. "He disagrees with us selling so many donkeys at such a low price, and he doesn't recognize the legitimacy of this contract."
Ding Jun looked over.
Zhao Song took a sip of tea with an arrogant look on his face and said, "Yes, I disagree."
Ding Jun: "This happened after I signed the contract with your Cai family. You Cai family should solve it yourselves."
"Manager Ding, that's not what you mean. Manager Zhao is the cousin of the wife of Lord Xie, the commander-in-chief of the Dali Army. Harmony brings wealth." Cai Qin hinted wildly.
Zhao Song: "In business, it's all about mutual consent. No one does business like you do." The donkey is in their hands, and if they say they don't want to sell it, then they don't have to sell it. Can Ding Jun come and snatch it away?
"So what do you mean?" Ding Jun asked coldly. What a joke! Our governor isn't even afraid of Xie Zhan, so how could he be afraid of Zhao Song, a distant relative?
"How about we change the agreed 100,000 heads to 20,000, no, 30,000?"
Cai Qin didn't want to sell the 100,000 donkeys at a low price and lose 400,000 or 500,000 taels. Most importantly, Zhao Song wouldn't agree to such a low-profit deal.
If the Cai family fulfilled their agreement with Ding Jun, not only would they lose 400,000 to 500,000 taels of silver, but they would also have to pay another 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver to Zhao Song to make up for his loss. This way, the Cai family would lose 700,000 to 800,000 taels of silver.
The reason Cai Qin offered these two options was that he didn't want to offend Ding Jun. Uncle He had said that Ding Jun was a prominent figure, so he planned to sell him 30,000 donkeys at the agreed price as a way to appease him.
Ding Jun sneered, "Don't you know that as a businessman, many plans are made in advance?"
"After signing the contract, my Ding family has made arrangements for the 100,000 donkeys we purchased."
"Now, our agreement was that you, the Cai family, would sell me 100,000 donkeys, but now you're only giving me 30,000. What about the 70,000 I need to pay for? How can I make up for it?"
Cai Qin proposed another solution, "Or, you pay 16 taels per head, and we will give you 100,000 heads."
"Impossible!" Ding Jun refused.
Zhao Song continued, "Then there's nothing to talk about."
After Ding Jun confirmed that they were unwilling to fulfill the agreement, he said, "Alright, if you, the Cai family, are unwilling to fulfill the contract, then give me a certificate so that I can report it to my superiors when I return."
Cai Qin hesitated. This would be like evidence, a direct handover to the other party. But if they didn't, it would be a bit too much.
Instead, Zhao Song made the decision for him directly, "Give it to him."
Finally, Ding Jun wrote a statement and asked Zhao Song from the Cai family to sign and fingerprint it.
Cai Qin took a look at the explanation and found that the other party did not exaggerate anything, so he signed and put his fingerprints on it.
Ding Jun took the statement and the 60,000 taels of deposit he had previously given to the Cai family.
Cai Qin looked embarrassed. They had handled this matter in a somewhat unfair way. He had wanted to return the 60,000 taels and then give another 60,000 taels as compensation, but Ding Jun refused.
Before leaving, Ding Jun said, "I hope you won't regret your decision today."
Looking at Ding Jun's gloomy face, Cai Qin and Zhao Song were in a good mood.
Cai Qinxin said that it is impossible to regret.
Zhao Songze treated him as incompetent and barked and hurled threats. Who wouldn't do that?
Ding Jun said nothing and left.
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